Denny Lessard has accumulated over thirty-nine years of aviation industry affiliations as well as worldwide flight experience within general, military and commercial aviation. His background includes specialized training and experience in aviation safety including aircraft accident investigation, accident reconstruction, failure analysis, systems safety concepts, human factors assessment, CRM and safety programs. He is an accident and incident investigative expert having participated in over ten major accident investigations, three representing a major air carrier under the auspices of the NTSB accident investigation system. He has personally conducted over 500 minor accident and incident investigations.

Denny Lessard has often been recognized for his expertise in human factors, analyzing aircraft operating environments, operational safety programs, organizational design and programs development. Denny is currently working with Healthcare Organizations identifying aviation safety program Crew Resource Management benchmarks that would apply to developing Healthcare Safety Culture Programs.

As an educator, he has served as an Adjunct Professor, Lecturer Professor and Assistant Professor on three University faculties; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Los Angeles City College, The George Washington University, teaching both graduate and undergraduate level air transportation and safety courses. He is currently an Assistant Professor teaching Aeronautical Science, Safety Science and Aviation Management courses. He also serves as Chair of the Aeronautical Science Department for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus.

Denny Lessard holds three educational degrees including a BA in Education and a MA in Business Administration. He is a candidate in the PhD program at Northcentral University. He has also attended the Air Force Flight Safety Accident Investigation School at the University of Southern California and numerous specialized Airline and Air Force courses. He is a member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI); and the Daedalians - The National Fraternity of Military Pilots.

He retired as a Colonel after twenty-two years in the US Air Force; and, as a Captain and Assistant Chief Pilot after fourteen years with United Airlines. He is a professional pilot with over six thousand hours of flight time in general, military and commercial aviation. He holds an Air Transport Pilot certificate with multiple type ratings including the A320, B737, L300 and L1329.